its nickname is Uncle Sam’s Devil’s
Island
this is Alcatraz no one forgets welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Alcatraz
I’ll surprise with the sea last night of
a dramatic escape attempt for desperate
prisoners were apprehended on the rocky
beach below the prison number ten
housing for prison staff and families
kicking off our trivia list is a factoid
about the rock as a family-friendly
living space Alcatraz was America’s
harshest prison but that didn’t stop
families of Bureau of Prisons employees
from living on the island
aside from accommodations like the
building 64 apartment block the workers
had access to a bar dining room dance
floor bowling alley and more in the
social hall club number 9 Alcatraz and
pop culture years ago I thought I
wouldn’t die in this toilet you’re not
leaving there’s a madman in there with
his Hannah what fun thanks to its
history and legendary reputation
Alcatraz has often been the subject of
movies television shows books songs and
video games notable movies about famous
inmates include Birdman of Alcatraz and
murder in the first the prison has also
been used as a setting on multiple
occasions like in the TV show Alcatraz
and films like The Rock and x-men The
Last Stand
it ends read it began number eight
American Civil War due to its isolated
location off San Francisco’s coast
Alcatraz Island was deemed an ideal spot
to build a fortress during the American
Civil War it housed multiple cannons and
served as a base for firearm and
ammunition storage though no attacking
shots were ever fired from the rock the
island was used to imprison Civil War
enemies Confederate supporters and those
who embraced President Abraham Lincoln’s
assassination number seven occupation of
Alcatraz between 1969 and 1971 an
American Indian group called the Indians
of all tribes occupied Alcatraz Island
in an effort to reclaim that land to
build facilities for Native Americans
since it was no longer being used by the
federal government included in this
group was a young Benjamin Bratt and his
family though the occupation was
ultimately ended by the Nixon
administration it influenced the
president’s decision to make
self-determination an official policy
and shaped Indian activism in the future
number 628 deaths in 29 years during the
prison’s 29 year run 28 inmate and
prison guard deaths were recorded most
of which resulted from violent
altercations that occurred during the
1939 and 1946 escape attempts aside from
five suicides and 15 natural deaths the
remaining eight were murders for example
prisoner Henry young murdered fellow
inmate Rufus McCain with a spoon as
loosely documented in the film murder in
the first number 5 it’s haunted bizarre
sounds apparitions and extreme cold have
all been detected in the cell blocks
where several guards and inmates were
killed during the 1946 Battle of
Alcatraz and while Al Capone didn’t die
at Alcatraz his banjo-playing has been
heard in the shower room despite a
reputation as the most haunted prison in
America or perhaps because of it the
penitentiary turned museum is now one of
San Francisco’s biggest tourist draws
the rock it’s become a tourist
attraction
number four most expensive American
prison with operating expenses running
three times higher than similar
institutions at the time and a five
million dollar bill to repair buildings
eroded by saltwater the Alcatraz federal
penitentiary was undoubtedly the
country’s most expensive prison ad the
general populations growing dislike of
the rock to the mix and Alcatraz was
closed for good
on March 21st 1963 number three no
escapes how in the name of Zeus’s butt
hole did you get out of yourself I don’t
ask because in our current situation
well it could prove to be useful
information Alcatraz officially
maintains that no one ever successfully
broke out of the maximum security prison
in fact out of the 14 escape attempts by
36 inmates most were captured or shot
the surviving escapees Henri Young and
Rufus McCain or escorted back to lockup
while their less fortunate cohorts are
destined for the moon however five
inmates did reach the San Francisco
Bay’s freezing waters during two
separate attempts but their bodies were
never found and they were presumed dead
Alcatraz was built to keep all the
rotten eggs in one basket I was
specially chosen to make sure that the
stink from the basket does not escape
number two notorious criminals from
gangsters to burglars
murderers to racketeers escape artists
to political activists Alcatraz held
them all during its heyday America’s
toughest prison housed some of history’s
most infamous criminals Al Capone
Mickey Cohen bumpy Johnson creepy Karpis
Henri Young Machine Gun Kelly and the
Birdman of Alcatraz you know what you
know a lady canary never sings lady
canary you mean Jack’s abroad canary
number one The Great Escape
Frank yeah if you ever try to get out of
here I want it taking the top spot on
our trivia list is a factoid about one
of the most famous and complex prison
escape attempts ever
my name is nice to rot wasn’t kiddin
working with those nail clipper she said
in have any grip on June 11th 1962 after
months of preparation Frank Morris and
brothers Clarence and John Anglin
planted handmade dummy heads in their
beds and crawled to freedom through
holes they had dug in their cell walls
to brave the water surrounding the rock
they crafted life jackets and rafts from
raincoats though the three men probably
drowned later investigations as well as
the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz
suggested they could have survived they
left it lights out they had
and a half-hour head start wonder if
they made it what’s your favorite
Alcatraz factoid for more informative
and entertaining trivia videos be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com no one has
ever escaped from Alcatraz and no one
ever will
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Island
this is Alcatraz no one forgets welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Alcatraz
I’ll surprise with the sea last night of
a dramatic escape attempt for desperate
prisoners were apprehended on the rocky
beach below the prison number ten
housing for prison staff and families
kicking off our trivia list is a factoid
about the rock as a family-friendly
living space Alcatraz was America’s
harshest prison but that didn’t stop
families of Bureau of Prisons employees
from living on the island
aside from accommodations like the
building 64 apartment block the workers
had access to a bar dining room dance
floor bowling alley and more in the
social hall club number 9 Alcatraz and
pop culture years ago I thought I
wouldn’t die in this toilet you’re not
leaving there’s a madman in there with
his Hannah what fun thanks to its
history and legendary reputation
Alcatraz has often been the subject of
movies television shows books songs and
video games notable movies about famous
inmates include Birdman of Alcatraz and
murder in the first the prison has also
been used as a setting on multiple
occasions like in the TV show Alcatraz
and films like The Rock and x-men The
Last Stand
it ends read it began number eight
American Civil War due to its isolated
location off San Francisco’s coast
Alcatraz Island was deemed an ideal spot
to build a fortress during the American
Civil War it housed multiple cannons and
served as a base for firearm and
ammunition storage though no attacking
shots were ever fired from the rock the
island was used to imprison Civil War
enemies Confederate supporters and those
who embraced President Abraham Lincoln’s
assassination number seven occupation of
Alcatraz between 1969 and 1971 an
American Indian group called the Indians
of all tribes occupied Alcatraz Island
in an effort to reclaim that land to
build facilities for Native Americans
since it was no longer being used by the
federal government included in this
group was a young Benjamin Bratt and his
family though the occupation was
ultimately ended by the Nixon
administration it influenced the
president’s decision to make
self-determination an official policy
and shaped Indian activism in the future
number 628 deaths in 29 years during the
prison’s 29 year run 28 inmate and
prison guard deaths were recorded most
of which resulted from violent
altercations that occurred during the
1939 and 1946 escape attempts aside from
five suicides and 15 natural deaths the
remaining eight were murders for example
prisoner Henry young murdered fellow
inmate Rufus McCain with a spoon as
loosely documented in the film murder in
the first number 5 it’s haunted bizarre
sounds apparitions and extreme cold have
all been detected in the cell blocks
where several guards and inmates were
killed during the 1946 Battle of
Alcatraz and while Al Capone didn’t die
at Alcatraz his banjo-playing has been
heard in the shower room despite a
reputation as the most haunted prison in
America or perhaps because of it the
penitentiary turned museum is now one of
San Francisco’s biggest tourist draws
the rock it’s become a tourist
attraction
number four most expensive American
prison with operating expenses running
three times higher than similar
institutions at the time and a five
million dollar bill to repair buildings
eroded by saltwater the Alcatraz federal
penitentiary was undoubtedly the
country’s most expensive prison ad the
general populations growing dislike of
the rock to the mix and Alcatraz was
closed for good
on March 21st 1963 number three no
escapes how in the name of Zeus’s butt
hole did you get out of yourself I don’t
ask because in our current situation
well it could prove to be useful
information Alcatraz officially
maintains that no one ever successfully
broke out of the maximum security prison
in fact out of the 14 escape attempts by
36 inmates most were captured or shot
the surviving escapees Henri Young and
Rufus McCain or escorted back to lockup
while their less fortunate cohorts are
destined for the moon however five
inmates did reach the San Francisco
Bay’s freezing waters during two
separate attempts but their bodies were
never found and they were presumed dead
Alcatraz was built to keep all the
rotten eggs in one basket I was
specially chosen to make sure that the
stink from the basket does not escape
number two notorious criminals from
gangsters to burglars
murderers to racketeers escape artists
to political activists Alcatraz held
them all during its heyday America’s
toughest prison housed some of history’s
most infamous criminals Al Capone
Mickey Cohen bumpy Johnson creepy Karpis
Henri Young Machine Gun Kelly and the
Birdman of Alcatraz you know what you
know a lady canary never sings lady
canary you mean Jack’s abroad canary
number one The Great Escape
Frank yeah if you ever try to get out of
here I want it taking the top spot on
our trivia list is a factoid about one
of the most famous and complex prison
escape attempts ever
my name is nice to rot wasn’t kiddin
working with those nail clipper she said
in have any grip on June 11th 1962 after
months of preparation Frank Morris and
brothers Clarence and John Anglin
planted handmade dummy heads in their
beds and crawled to freedom through
holes they had dug in their cell walls
to brave the water surrounding the rock
they crafted life jackets and rafts from
raincoats though the three men probably
drowned later investigations as well as
the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz
suggested they could have survived they
left it lights out they had
and a half-hour head start wonder if
they made it what’s your favorite
Alcatraz factoid for more informative
and entertaining trivia videos be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com no one has
ever escaped from Alcatraz and no one
ever will
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